noteworthy wrote:
] Did anyone know the new Neal Stephenson is out?
]
] Has anyone finished the first 1776 pages of The Baroque Cycle?
]
]
] The colossal and impressive third volume (after Quicksilver
] and The Confusion) of Stephenson's magisterial exploration of
] the origins of the modern world in the scientific revolution
] of the baroque era begins in 1714.
]
] This final volume in the cycle is another magnificent
] portrayal of an era, well worth the long slog it
] requires of Stephenson's many devoted readers.

I read the first two, and after a 6 month stall on the last twenty pages of Quicksilver, all in all I've found them just rewarding enough to devote the time required to read them. The storyline is so convoluted that I have to read them fairly quickly to keep all the threads together.

I guess I'll get this one tonight, and pray to Bob that I don't fail out of school as a result.